ABOUT THE AUTHOR Eric Schiller, widely considered one of the world's foremost chess analysts, writers and teachers, is internationally recognized for his definitive works on openings. He is the author of 77 chess books including definitive studies of many chess openings and more than two dozen USCF (United States Chess Federation) best-sellers. His major works include the prestigious Batsford Chess openings with World Champion Carry Kasparov and Grandmaster Raymond Keene, and Cardoza Publishing's definitive series on openings, World Champion Openings, Standard Chess Openings, and Unorthodox Chess Openings an exhaustive and complete - opening library of more than 1700 pages! He's also the author of Gambit Opening Repertoiref or White, Gambit opening Repertoiref or Black, and multiple other chess titles for Cardoza Publishing. (For updated listings of all chess titles published by Cardoza Publishing, go online to www.cardozapub.com, or for those books and more by Eric Schiller, to www.chessworks.com) Schiller has provided major content for Mindscape's ChessMaster 5000, Electronic Art's Kasparov's Gambit, and his own multimedia chess title (Zane Publishing), Dr. Schiller Teaches Chess. Eric Schiller is a National and Life Master, an International Arbiter of F.I.D.E., and the official trainer for many of America's top young players. He has recently been appointed as official coach of America's best players under 18 to represent the United States at the Chess World Championships. He has also presided over world championship matches dating back to 1983, runs prestigious international tournaments, and been interviewed dozens of times in major media throughout the world. His games have been featured in all the leading journals and newspapers including the venerable New York Times. NEW CARDOZA PUBLISHING BOOKS BY ERIC SCHILLER STANDARD CHESS OPENINGS -The new standard on opening chess play in the 20th century, references every important opening and variation played -more than 3,000 opening strategies! The standard reference book necessary for competitive play. A must have!!! 768 pgs, $24.95. UNORTHODOX CHESS OPENINGS -The guide to all the important unorthodox openings con­ tains more than 1 ,000 weird, contentious, controversial, unconventional, arrogant and outright strange opening strategies. Great against unprepared opponents. Great Fun! 528 pgs, $24.95. WORLD CHAMPION OPENINGS Covers the essential opening theory and moves of every - major chess opening and variation as played by all the world champions. Learn the insights, concepts and secrets as used by the greatest players of all time. 384 pages, $16.95 WORLD CHAMPION COMBINATIONS with Raymond Keene-Learn the insights, concepts and moves of the greatest combinations ever by the greatest players who ever lived. Great compan­ ion book to World Champion Openings. 264 pgs, $16.95. Get online now to learn more about upcoming titles! ww.wcardozapub.com UNOR,RODOX CRESS OPENINGS Eric Schiller CARDOZA PUBLISHING To the participants in the Internet newsgroup rec.games.chess.analysis, who have provided me with many interesting ideas and useful feedback in the preparation of this book. Copyright © 1998 by Eric Schiller -All Rights Reserved - First Edition Library of Congress Catalogue Card No: 96-71755 ISBN: 0-940685-73-6 CARDOZA PUBLISHING PO Box 1500 Cooper Station, New York, NY 10276 Phone (718)743-5229 • Fax(718)743-8284 Email:[email protected] • Web Site www.cardozapub.com - Write for your free catalogue of gaming and chess books, equipment, advanced strategies and computer games. TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION 13 OVERVIEW 15 11. The Goals of this Book 16 The Organization of the Book 18 How Openings Get Named 18 Transpositions 19 Formations 20 The Life Cycle of an Unorthodox Opening 20 The Opening Underground on the Internet 21 Ill. EVALUATING UNORTHODOX OPENINGS 22 "Show-Me" Method 23 Analogy Method 23 Pedantic Method 24 Statistical Method 24 Cult Hero Method 24 Authoritative Method 24 Psychological Method 25 Positional Method 25 Scales of Unorthodoxy 26 IV. CONTROVERSIAL LITERATURE 30 V. WEIRD OPENING SPECIALISTS 32 Michael Basman 32 Joel Benjaming 32 Stefan Bucker 33 Lawrence Day 33 Tim Harding 33 J ohnny Hector 33 Kari Heinola 33 Tony Miles 34 Hugh Myers 34 Clyde Nakamura 34 Rainer Schlenker 35 Duncan Suttles 35 Antoaneta Stefanova 35 Savielly Tartakower 35 Gerard Welling 36 5 CARDOZA PUBLISHING ERIC SCHILLER • VI. THE OPENINGS Alekhine Defense 38 Brooklyn Variation 38 Krejcik Variation 39 Mokele Mbembe 40 Welling Variation 43 Zaire Defense 44 Amar Opening 45 Paris Gambit 46 Anderssen Opening 48 Baltic Defense 50 Argentinian Gambit 50 Barnes Opening 50 Walkerling 50 Benoni Defense 52 Cormorant Gambit 52 Hawk Variation 52 Nakamura Gambit 54 Snail Variation 55 Vulture Defense 55 Woozle 57 Bird Opening 60 Batavo-Polish Attack 60 From Gambit 61 Hobbs Gambit 63 Horsefly Defense 64 Lasker Attack 65 Sturm Gambit 66 Bishop's Opening 67 Kitchener Folly 67 Lewis Gambit 67 King's Gambit Reversed 68 MacDonnell Gambit 69 Borg Defense 71 Troon Gambit 71 Budapest Defense 73 Assorted Variations 73 Canard Formation 76 Double Duck Variation 76 Caro-Kann Defense 77 Advance Variation: Bayonet 77 De Bruycker Defense 78 Edinburgh Variation 79 Goldman Variation 80 Gurgenidze Counterattack 81 6 UNORTHODOX CHESS OPENINGS Hillbilly Attack 82 Maroczy Variation 83 Mieses Gambit 86 Ulysses Gambit 87 Von Hennig Gambit 88 Carr Defense 91 Catalan Opening 93 Hungarian Gambit 93 Clemenz Opening 94 Creepy Crawly Formation 97 Dory Indian 98 Double Fianchetto Formation 101 Dutch Defense 103 Hopton Attack 103 Kingfisher Gambit 105 Korchnoi Attack 107 Krejcik Gambit 109 Manhattan Gambit 110 Senechaud Gambit 112 Spielmann Gambit 113 Staunton Gambit: American Variation 114 Elephant Gambit 117 Maroczy Gambit 117 Paulsen Countergambit 118 Wasp Variation 120 English Defense 123 Hartlaub Gambit 123 English Defense: Main Line 124 English Opening 130 Anglo -Scandinavian Defense 130 Anti-English 131 Bellon Gambit 132 Drill Variation 134 Halibut Gambit 135 Lohn Gambit 136 Myers Defense 137 Nei Gambit 139 Porcupine Variation 142 Schulz Gambit 143 The Whale 143 Wade Gambit 145 Wing Gambit 146 Englund Gambit 147 Felbecker Gambit 147 Main Line 148 7 CARDOZA PUBLISHING ERIC SCHILLER • Mosquito Gambit 153 Soller Gambit 154 Soller Gambit Deferred 156 Fajarowicz Defense 157 Four Knights 160 Halloween Gambit 160 Fred Defense-and Mao Tse Tung 164 French Defense 165 Advance Variation: Nimzowitsch Attack 165 Alapin Gambit 166 Bird Invitation 170 Diemer-Duhm Gambit 171 Exchange Variation: Canal Attack 172 Extended Bishop Swap 174 La Bourdonnais Variation 174 Orthoschnapp Gambit 175 Shaposhnikov Gambit 177 Steinitz Attack 178 Wing Gambit 180 Grob Opening 183 Alessi Gambit 183 Double Grob 184 Grob Gambit 185 Keene Defense 186 London Defense 188 Spike: Hurst Attack 189 Griinfeld Defense 191 Gibbon Gambit 191 Guatemala Defense 193 Hippopotamus Formation 194 Horwitz Defense 196 Hungarian Opening 197 Reversed Alekhine 197 Indian Game 200 Alekhine Anti-Gruenfeld 200 Devin Gambit 201 Gedult Attack 202 Gibbins-Wiedehagen Gambit 203 Maddigan Gambit 211 Medusa Gambit 212 Omega Gambit 212 Schnepper Gambit 214 Italian Game (Giuco Piano) 215 Fried Liver Attack 215 Jerome Gambit 218 8 UNORTHODOX CHESS OPENINGS Shilling Gambit 220 Traxler Counterattack 221 Kadas Opening 225 Kangaroo Defense 227 Keres Defense 228 Transpositional Variation 228 King Pawn Game 230 Alapin Opening 230 Beyer Gambit 232 Clam Variation 233 Clam: King's Gambit Reversed 235 Damiano Defense 235 Danish Gambit 236 Dresden Opening 238 Macleod Attack 239 Napoleon Attack 243 N orwalder Gambit 244 Philidor Gambit 245 Tayler Opening 245 Tortoise Opening 246 Wayward Queen Attack 247 King's Gambit 250 Allgaier Gambit 250 Basman Gambit 251 Breyer Gambit 252 Bryan Countergambit 254 Carrera Gambit 258 Double Muzio Gambit 259 Eisenberg Variation 260 Gaga Gambit 260 Keene Defense 261 Leonardo Gambit 264 Mafia Defense 265 Marshall Countergmbit 266 Dodo Gambit 270 N orwald Variation 270 Orsini Gambit 273 Paris Gambit 274 Senechaud Countergambit 275 Tumbleweed/Drunken King 277 Latvian Gambit 279 Lemming Defense 284 Lizard Defense-Pirc 285 Diemer Gambit 285 Norwegian Defense 285 9 CARDOZA PUBLISHING ERIC SCHILLER • Maroczy Defense 286 McConnell Defense 287 Mexican Defense 288 Modern Defense 294 Beefeater Variation 294 Pterodactyl 297 Pterodactyl Variation 11 298 Randspringer Variation 301 Nimzo-Larsen Attack 304 Assorted Variations 304 Norfolk Gambits 307 Paschmann Gambit 310 Ringelbach Gambit 311 Spike Variation 311 Nimzowitsch Defense 313 Lean Variation 313 Kennedy Variation 315 Neo-Mongoloid Defense 318 Wheeler Gambit 318 Williams Variation 319 Owen Defense 323 Matinovsky Gambit 326 Naselwaus Gambit 328 Polish Defense 329 Spassky Gambit 332 Polish Opening/Orangutang 335 Birmingham Gambit 335 Bugayev Attack 337 Karniewski Variation 338 Schiihler Gambit 339 Tartakower Gambit 341 Wolferts Gambit 346 Portuguese Opening 348 Queen Pawn Game 351 Anti-Torre 351 Bishop Attack 352 Blackmar-Diemer Gambit 353 Hiibsch Gambit 355 Morris Countergambit 357 Zurich Gambit 357 Queen's Gambit Declined 359 Von Hennig Gambit 359 Queen's Gambit Refused 361 Albin Countergambit 361 Alekhine Defense 364 10